Power generating and transmitting means



M. A. FLACH. POWER GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED mail. 1921.

1,438,702, v Patented ,Dec. 12, 1922.

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MAX AUGUST FLAGH, F GOIlfFORT, TEXAS.

Application filed March 1, 1921. Serial No. MS/MB.

T 0 (LR whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX Auousr FLAoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Comfort, in the county of Kendall and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power Generating and Transmitting Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to power generating and transmitting means and more particularly to an apparatus having novel means for driving a plurality of household articles such as a churn, a meat chopper, various kinds of household mills, ice cream freezers and the like.

Briefly stated, an important object isto provide novel means whereby a single motor and power transmitting means may be employed for operatingthe above mentioned article so that one motor and one power transmitting means may be employed for all the aforesaid articles, thereby dispensing with the necessity of employing separate power generating and transmitting means for each article.

A further object of the invention is to provide a power generating and transmitting means which may be readily connected to a variety of articles for operating the same.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved power generating and transmitting apparatus embodied in the invention, the same shown in use.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view through the power transmitting mechanism.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line H of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Figure 3.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention the numeral 10 generally designates a supporting member having upper and lower spaced parallel shelves Hand 12 which are braced by brackets and 14k respectively. As illustrated in Fi ures 1 and 2 an electric motor 16 is secured to the uppershelf 11 by means of bolts 17 which serve as a means for securely holding the motor against movement as a result of vibration of the same. The armature shaft 18 of the electric motor is provided with asmall gear 19 with which a larger 20 meshes. The gear 20 is arranged horizontally and is operated by the motor and is keyed or otherwise secured to the upper end of a squared shaft 22.

As illustratedin Figure 3 the intermediate portion of the squared shaft 22 is rounded and passed through a bearing 23 in the upper shelf 11 A washer2-i is secured on the shaft 22 above the shelf 11 and rotatably contacts withthe upper side of the bear- 23 so as to limit downward movement of s. s square shaft22. The upper end of the shaft 22 as previously stated keyed or otherwise secured to the gear and is rotatably connected to a U-shaped yoke 26 which acts as a guard for the gear.

The lower end of the squared shaft 22 is provided with a flared end 28 which is slidable within the squared bore of a tube 30 The tube 30 which. is slidably and non-rotatably connected to the shaft 22 has its upper end formed with an inwardly directed flange 1 which is adapted to engage shoulders 32 formed at the upper end of the head 28 so to limit the downward movement of the tube 30 with relation to the shaft 22.

In order that the tube 30 might be held in an adjusted position with relation to the shaft 22 l have provided the upper end of the tube 30 with a pair of oppositely arranged longitudinally curved springs 34 which engage opposite sides of the shaft 22 and hereby hold the tube 30 in a set position. The terminal portions of the springs 3a are curved outwardly so that the same may he gripped by the fingers should it be desired to disengage the springs with the shaft.

The lower end of the tube 30 is open and is adapted to receive the squared end 36 of an article such as a churn 37 or a chopper or grinder, a mill, a mangle or an ice cream freezer. The article 37 may be any one of the foregoing and is detachably secured on the lower shelf 12 by means of oppositely arranged radially arranged ears 40 which are formed on opposite longitudh al edge portions with recesses ll to detachably receive the upstanding lugs 42 formed on the lower shelf 12. By rotating clockwise direction the ears All) will be en gaged with the lugs :2 and by rotating the articleST in an anticlockwise direction or to the left the article will be disengaged with. the pair of lugs 12 so thatthe article may be removed from the lower shelf.

T he various articles above mentioned are provided with radial cars 40 so that when the several articles are mounted on the lower shelf 12 the same may be readily connected to the upstanding lugs 42. It will be observed that since the shaft 22 rotates in a clockwise direction, the article 37 will at all times he urged into engagement with the lugs 4-2 and thereby firm 1y held in position.

lVhen it is'desired to connect the agitator or other working part of the article 37 to the shaft 22, it is merely necessary to mount the article on the lower shelf .12 and conse quently lower the tube 30 so that the shank 36 is received within the lower end of the tube. The motor may now be set into opera tion and as the shaft 22 is rotated, the tuloular shaft 30 and consequently the agitator or other movable part of the article 3? will be operated. v

The churn or other article may be removed toperinit a mangle or the like to be mounted the article 37 in a to the I claim is l In a power transmitter the combination with support ng member having upper and lower shelves, of a motor mounted on one of the shelves, up )er and lower interfitting slidabl'y connected shafts associated with said motor, means establishing a driving connection between said motor and one of said shafts, one of said shafts being rotatably extended through one of said shelves, and springscarried by one of the shafts and engaging the other shaft whereby to hold the shaftsin an adjusted position with relation to each other.

2; The combination with a supporting member having upper and lower shelvesi of a motor mounted upon the upper shelfpa shaft rotatably extending through said up per shelf, gears mounted upon the upper end of said shaft and said motor and being adapted for rotating said shaft, a second shaft of tubular formation connected to said first named shaft, and a pair of oppositely arranged longitudinally curved leaf springs secured to saidtuhular shaft and engaging said first named shaft to secure said second named shaft in an adjusted position with relation to said first named shaft.

MAX AUGUST FLACH, 

